Construction being done on the Hoan Bridge is keeping some people awake at night.

Construction being done on the Hoan Bridge is keeping some people awake at night.

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Updated: 7:28 PM CST Feb 7, 2014

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WEBVTT NEW AT SIX- THE STATE D-O-T IS RESPONDING TO CHARGES ONE OF MILWAUKEE'S TRENDIEST NEIGHBORHOODS SOUNDS LIKE IT'S UNDER ATTACK. NEGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT LOUD NOISE FROM OVERNIGHT BRIDGE WORK NEAR THE SUMMERFEST GROUNDS. AND THEY TELL WISN 12-NEWS KENT WAINSCOTT, THEY JUST WANT TO GET SOME SLEEP. OLLIE BANKS / THIRD WARD RESIDENT - IT'S SOMETHING. ALL NIGHT LONG. HARD TO SLEEP. -15- FROM HIS BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE HOAN BRIDGE -- OLLIE BANKS SAYS THIS IS WHAT KEEPS HIM AWAKE AT NIGHT. NATS - NOISE OLLIE BANKS / THIRD WARD RESIDENT - IT KEEPS YOU UP. IT KEEPS YOU UP. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU WONDER, IS THERE A JACKHAMMER JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE? DEMOLITION OF THE HOAN BRIDGE DECK HAS BEEN ECHOING THROUGH THE NIGHT, IN THIS HIGH-END NEIGHBORHOOD. KENT - NATS-THE NOISE GOES ON DURING THE DAY AS WELL, BUT DOESN'T CREATE AS MUCH DISRUPTION. AT NIGHT HOWEVER - NATS DISSOLVE- IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT STORY HERE. NATS - NOISE ALD. BOB BAUMAN - IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AERIAL BOMBARDMENT OF THE THIRD WARD. ALDERMAN BOB BAUMAN CONTACTED THE STATE DOT ON BEHALF OF THE SLEEP- DEPRIVED RESIDENTS, BUT THE NOISY WORK CONTINUES. ALD. ROBERT BAUMAN - ONE OF THE MOST THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY IS UNDER SIEGE. PETER JAROSZ HAS HEARD HOW LOUD IT CAN BE. PETER JAROSZ / CONCERNED ABOUT NOISE - YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THIS? - I HAVE. IT'S REALLY LOUD AT NIGHT. THERE'S JUST A BUNCH OF BANGING GOING ON. AND THEY WORK THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, WHICH IS CRAZY. AND AS FOR BANKS ... OLLIE BANKS / THIRD WARD RESIDENT - I'M HOPING HERE THAT IT'S OVER QUICKLY AND WE CAN GET BACK TO OUR NORMAL THIRD WARD LIFE. HE JUST WANTS A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. IN MILWAUKEE'S THIRD WARD I'M KENT WAINSCOTT WISN-12 NEWS. LATE THIS AFTERNOON WE LEARNED THAT NEIGHBORS MAY GET THEIR WISH. THE D-O-T TELLS 12 NEWS, CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTINUE, BUT OVERNIGHT WORK REQUIRING THIS SPECIFIC, HEAVY BREAKING EQUIPMENT WILL CONCLUDE SATURDAY. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE, THOUGH, THAT THE NOISE WON'T

Third Ward residents say it sounds like they're under attack

Construction being done on the Hoan Bridge is keeping some people awake at night.